Born to Nikolai and Rowena Flagarsky. Nikolai was a diplomatic liaison to the Latvian Embassy from 1971-1985. Of Scottish extraction and spoke several languages fluently, he is now retired. Rowena was a school teacher of Dutch, Hawaiian, and Nigerian descent; she died in 1995 in an unspecified traffic accident. He has a sister, Illyana, a graphic designer in Chicago, Illinois.He was engaged to an unnamed Norwegian Duchess in 1999. The engagement was broken in 2001 in a bitter break up.Pursued a degree in language studies at Ithaca college with an emphasis on Esperanto. Left two credits short of attaining a Master's degree in order to become an actor.
